june meeting stresses goals where the business is and ... · files are being located in c t isbd,...

Vol. V. No. 19 Bethesda, Maryland

Information Services

June Meeting Stresses Goals Where the Business is and Where It is Going

. . .&an Bmcker mpmts a coup by bob Reutz in closing a renewal with New York State in the f*e m9jw expenditure cuts and pgmcy closings. PRIZI) and all those gowd salesman qualities-product k&ledge, dilia;ence, initiative and res@m&.zi~--@ &be trick accoFcl'mg+ & .

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ployee's sense of loyalty and kkiitificatioii with the company," says Mr. Willis. c 4 ~ G prick which emplopes evidence to the public in their assmi& with %nerd

Whis pear .Gene#-al Elect~ic empbyees reaching si@ficant-service milestones are receiving newly redesigned service award jewelry and certifiwes, Use of the newly designed &lam began on January 1 here in ISBD. "The service award emblems and, in

fact, the entire service award program has been redesigned and modernized."says E. Sidney Willis, manager of Employee Benefits for the company. "The change is symbolic of General Electric's increased desire to show its special respect and appreciation to employees who have con- tributed long service and effort to the company's success."

The new s e ~ o e jewelry .features the General Electric monogram on a simple gold background with appropriate marks or gems representing the recipient's years of service. The fmt service award is

Electric t b u g h such a small thing as the wearing oP a service emblem is a valuable asset to GE and to employees themselves in gaining community goodwill and the confidence af custorners."

Service award emblems representing 25 or more years of service have gems that graduate to higher quality the higher the service anniversary. Jewelry furnished for award presentations is constantly monitored to maintain highest quality.

A total of 74 service emblems have been presented to employees in ISBD since the new jewelry has been used, reports Fran'k Gibbins, manager, Salaried Relations and Employee Communication. "The emblem mGking the longest service celebrated during the past month went to Bob Gar- den, manager, Pacific Northwest branch, who joined the company 15 years ago in S t Louis, Missouri. He received his 15-

presented to an employee as he or she Year emblem from his manager, Bill Sari- reaches five years of service and the in- derson.'"

.$&it &&h un q@men dividual receives a new and appropriate "In a large measure, General Electric &wew 'mu@ on the emblem at each fifth service anniversary has been built on the efforts of long s ~ v -

ice people who have blazed General Elec- "We hope the new jewelry and a r - tric Careers, whether they were skilled

tificah will serve to strengthen an em- hourly workers, prufessionals, clerical employees or management," says Mr. Willis. "As the company has grown larger, the

, service emblem has become an ever important visible indication of the compny~s appreciation for continuing loyalty and

Ect is new to General Electric,

female talent.

Boyle of IBM, Ethel Bent Walsh, commissioner on the Equal Em- ployment Opportunity Commission; Catherine East, executive secretary of the President's Advisory Commissim on the Status of Women; Jscqvi Ceballoa, president of the New York - Chapter of the National Organization for Women; and GE professional &male employees.

Vol. V, No. 24 letheda, M a yland October 1, 1971 I - World Leader

In TirneSharing Service I

RESOURCE Operation Appoims New "Market File" Distributed ~ - ~ r o f ~ n g i f i - r i n g

to the Field Prior to his departure for Croton-

v i l l e t o a t tend the General Management Course, Borge M.

This week material for setting up the tions, bulletins and directives. Christensen, manager of IN D's

new Market File in field offices was "This is only the beginning of a the sent to each field location. Market ~ i l c method which allows di-stdb~tion Jerome But'er as i s a systematic way of numbering sales coding of documentation, i.e. NIC manager engineering. information. Field offices can retrieve matetiat to NEC personnel, Following Jerry comes to ISBD from the Air- sales data quickly because the our own experience, it can became craft Engine in Evendale. alphabetic list of all lSBD.prodwts and the basis of establishing cdstorner the past four years he had been in

services gives a specific f i b folder reference libraries as well." charge of that Group's computation number where the sales information is , operation, consisting of five GE-635 physically located. That file folder con- , computers, a GE-265, and other tains all other pertinent data on t h g ~ systems providing local, remote batch parcticular subject. ' and time-sharing services. "Jerry suc-

Bill Tborne, manager of marketi cessfully built, staffed and managed

announcing the availability the AEG in-house computer service File said, "Having been in , the largest in GE," stated know how many items eac fice receives. I also know t stensen also noted that this index/filir@retrieval system can appointment reflects the significant the personnel in field offices tremen- ,growth of RESOURCE service as the daus ly b y . mak ing impor tan t .foundation of our business in the data documents readily available, the segment of the industry. saving valuable time,"

The responsibilities of the M File l i b ra r ian and suggesJed , procedures are defined in the startup materi&qent to each office this week.

While discussing this new Maabt File, Bill Thorne said, "These hA Files are being located in c

t ISBD, including - i ~ n a l Sales. I have y desk and will cuments that are

ma tb the Fie3d. W#ten spea f ie ld e#nf.Fte p f s o n n e l , we .at

s vy#Q-ase the Market F i k r* to letters, instruc- - - -- -- . - 1- -- -

0 liver Becomes News-Share Editor Frank Gibbins, manager of salaried has been with CE since 1963. She-

relations and employee com- workdatGEcorporateheadqwar~ers mwnfclrtiom, announced last week that in New York until her transfer to ISBD Wbara olive^ had bee0 apwinted in 1969.

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speciali8t empfayee, mmwhications Gibbins said, '4!%a V ~ P Y ~ pieaed ?)?at! itml would pick up responsibility for Barbara can @ih'~t& and IM' h&r di t ing News-Share. talents t o . &sf" ' ,.

Barbara, forlmerty administrator on munications are." ' - . . -- - a

th,e Divisiaxt &enera1 ~ n a g e r ' s staff,

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~ A B manager of RE-SOldRCZ e n g i ~ h g , Jerry wilC $e ~ m % b k for te&niCal buppQaF to the Mtd,md hesdqmea sale$4orces, as well a$& ctfsQevJstw9 af the .RE5OCIRCP remate -kwy *wim.-

"Jerry is recognized t ) r r o u @ t ~ ~ - --

kmpany as an expert in t demenstrated by his appo .the GE computer council studying the total compute the company," conclud

Ray Marshall, acting IND, emphasized that, " pointment represents a v *. L =- step in the expansion of our Division's &imimqg r$rgsm i, &&~icjtipi'~ t i include cp??P@$%,@?i P?+c@waqd managemwt information services."

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Houston, October 2 6 ' , b ~

. I $ i cornphni. wi l l hold iii , - 1973 sbpresw,ners' , iH9rmation

a , m.eqi.rpj in ,houslon, T,exa~, ,

, October 2fi at the @ttgworld H,otel. -

I I . The program wi'll inclu,de ' maqagement repQrts on General

Electric operations and. the,4an- , I . . < .

swer,ing o'f ' qliestions from

', I shareowners. ', This m.arks the, fifth year in,

L . . , which' General, Electric bas sup; plemented its statutory meeting w i t h one devo ted to a

j $a~i.qeqqnt overview of cpm- ; pany operatipn5. Preyious inlor- ,. ,matio,n meqfhgs have been held ''' in'qincinnbti, Los ~ngeles, Min-

neapolis, and Miami. .

LV . %" &hnro,+*; :~ maet ing sp~ia.1- _ ist in the Green- ville office, reprc-

* h i n t e d ''" . - t h e Division at the American Asso- ciatian- of Textile

I Colorists conference nela In noanoice, Va. on September 1. His presentation covered computer color matching using GE Time-Sharing Service, a relatively new application for this growing segment of the business.

' o n septernb&r 1 ~ar '& Howard, rnanagqr of ISMP's New York financial- s;ll,es o,ffice, and Moses Winstead, marketing representative, participated i n an American Management Association seminar in New York City. Their presentation, to the audience of representatives from approximately 30 companies, focused on Cost Accoun- ting and the Computer and a demon- stration of the new Mark II FAPP Program.

SEPTEMBER SERVICE AWARDS

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Bill Johnson t Bethesda h

Ken Rockwell - Schenectady

15 Years Ed True - Syracdse

5 Y w s Cal Cillay - Betbsda Roger Dumas - Teaneck Mike Emmi -Oak Park Audrey Kannapell - St. Louis Larry Kristiansen - Watertown Joyce Landry - Torrance Jeannette Martin - Watertown Brendan McShane - Bethesda Jim Pesce - Watertown Leo Pampliano - Florham Park Ed Raeke - Watertown Joe Scanlon - New York Bob Tweedy - Watertown

The Resident's, Cost of' Liviga Council issued the following question and answer concerning the ap-

,. dication of the wagdprice freeze to vacation benefits: Question: "It is the policy of an em-

- ployer to increase the-amount of paid vacatirrn given to company executives and other employees after they have completed a specified length of em.- ployment (e-g., increasing vacation from two to three weeks upon the completion of 10 years' service) Are such increases allowed during the freeze?" Answer: "No. Increases in paid vacation are treated the same as longevity increases and may not 6e granted during the freeze.''

On the basis of the above answer, Frank Gibbins, manager of salaried relations & employee communication, issued the following inter- pretation: "There should be no inikial vacations (after 52 weeks' service) 'or additional vacations (10 years', 15 years' and 30 years' sewice) granted for the duration of the freeze in cases of employees who first become eligible for such vacations during the freeze period."

UP THE LADDER

Effective Oct- tober 7 , Jlim Schuster moves. u p t o t h e pdsit ian. b f I W D t Carofinas, branch. ' 'ForineMy- a market ing representative in

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I the Greensboro office, jlm was one of twelve lSBD salesmen q b exceeded-,

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her many secretarial duties, she makes extensive use of Model 33 terminals. Antides a d photographs may be submitted tb: The.waTdetydoiffelled in -6m A assignment . r

Wig& Wnnb and, In ,her p w d s , she Barbara 6- Oliver p(a~sr i w t ~ $;y. to! k1p:GE function as EQ?t~ri G6 .kwa i -Sb~e . hest* l an--.and make,&fe g-r for 7735 dl@ 8 G w e @ ~ r z Wold whsmever 1 l, work:" Wi%h that Bethada, Masydiknd 2@@14 one understands the wbsome per- Dial Comm 8*27341tI wmhtty af ,*'Win nie.-Tk-P~oh .'! :


Vol. V, No. 25 Bethesda. Maryland October 8, - 7 1 I - Worm ~eaaer In Time-Sharing

Service

Eastern Reqion Forms New National Capital Area

Vol. V, No. 26 Bethesda, Maryland October 15, 1971 I In Time-Sharing

Service

Morris's Vigilance Brings ISBD ~mrn N ~ ~ w I N ~ W YO* S i x t e e n T h 0 u s a n d D 0 1 1 a r Rebate lMeffo~olitan DistrWd"~,@fiapsr . -

David R. Morris Sr., specialist network distribution in Teaneck, has the distinction of being responsible for ISBD receiving the largest single rebate ever given to a telecommunica~ions customer by N e w Jersey Bell Telephone.

While processing the normal bills from Mew jersey bH, Qave2 watchful

the bills for the entire ydar of 1970, he found a total overbilling of $16,836 which has recently been refunded to the Division.

Dave is married and lives with his wife, three children and two foster children in Stillwater, New Jersey. He wiil celebrate his fifth year of service witR GE in February.

Stan Smith (left) congratulates Dave Morris for bringing ISBD d76K refund from N.). Bell.

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S & Sd Prices For 1971 The "Stock Price" is9the average of the dosing prices of the Stock

on the New York Stock Exchange for each trading day in the calendar month.

The "Fund Unit Price'' i s the average of the daily Fund Unit Prices, determined for each trading day on the New York Stock Exchange in the calendar month by dividing the number of Fund Units into the net asset value of the Fund.

The "Stock price"' and "Fund Unit Price" for each month of 1974 are as follows:

Stock Price

WWth nJ4 New Unit Fund Pri+ January ................................ $ 96.994 - ...................................... $26.374 February ..........A. :..A .... : ..... : 104.645 ...................................... 27.546 March ................... R...; ..... i... ' '1 v0.043 - ......................................

, 1 , , . , 28.132 Aprjl ....,.. ...............,...... ,,t 1,.18:964 - ...................................... 17.. f 29.311 May .A .................. A ..... A:,,. i120.400 $60.625 ................................. 29.665 June .... rb,&$,@:$$;l;+&. .......... - 59.943 .................................. 29.691

i- , A&-< -z3>r :, '. .? : July ....4&i9._t)..ia,& .- H~~J-.......... - 57.673 .................................. 29.873

,,3;z?3..--*? > August ............... ,., ................... - 58.369 .................................. 29.455 September ................................. 62.649 ................................ 30.307

Effective November 7, Harry Hewn becgpes manager of 1SMq"g N-ew Y ~ ~ k M d t r ~ p o k i h ~ gbtrjct, mtistsrwd Jack Griffin, Eastern Regian manager,

Griffin said, " Hafry's outstanding perhmmce in the Capitai District, hiq knovdedp of our product, and his ax- parise In the marketplace highly recommends him for this important assignment. His talent and leadership will be important factors in our drive to more rapidly develop the rerenu! potential of this major market." .

Harry joined GE at Ft. Worth, Texas in 1967 as a sales representative, He has successively held positions of salea manager, manager of national ac- counts, and manager of the Capital District.

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An ' investment in knowledge always pays th& best interest.

- Benjamin ~rhn'klh

sale5) was entitled "~ime-Sharing - Its. 4

DiLeonaPdbT 6 " f W b k . iRirk r&afitt)F ' : coftxpkt& ' i~"t WG-day . ed WS@ oh I c e p & e l 4ntpation af Siw wP-;r w; :and ' ww, t i O . 3 @flMSO@b RgPl;t '

fire. Wrl$ 'tminii.sg 'a~r'ti~forl?hiktiCrA'.

; ; d k L p d u c t i a n ~ ' ~ ~ aged by thg % I w~bn ,cw~~tvp ~ + a y ~ ~ p s + t i imateuy

husic galleries during her s group, which Fran joined' wsr tw4 Bonny Galbraith 2 y a ~ 4 1 8 ~ 1 ; 1 + : , - :

has been employed , T I ; , I ' . ,I . , . . , > I

by GE for al- > a < I t ? l A . . ,>' =$I

most 12 years QE st& kd.mptlon Pmgrm and is an inter- viewer in ISR%FO. She i s tespon- sible for recruit-

exempt personnel files (GEDAN ),

Secretaries.


Vol. V, No. 27 Bethesda, Maryland

Beyer Article Featured in Ele The Nwember issue of Elec-

tronics World magazine features a four-page article written by Lee Beyer, applications specialist in ISMD's applications marketing sub-section. Part of a three-month series which the magazine began in September, the article provides an in-depth discussio~ of how time-sharin~ infomatbn.sei- vices can be effectively used by elec- tronic engineers, designers and technicians. Earlier articles in the series covered the role of desk top calculators and minicsmputers:

In appreciation of the effort Lee made in preparing t.he article, Elec- tronics World presented him with 9 $1 50 honorarium. 2

Commenting on the article, Lee said, "I think it will be a great help to engineering and technical peopje who still don't understand what time- sharing is all about, sr who still have a hazy picture of its applications. In addition, I hope the article will turn up some good prospects and customers for our service and such programs as ECAP, LOGIC, ARRAY and DYSIMM."' Lee also pointed out that Electronics World has a circulation of nearly 200,000.

In mentioning .the ples leads that ,could result from the article, Lee stated that "It's trwa .bad mare af our people haven't had articles published, especially when you realize that GE is the leader in the time-sharing business."

Lee admitted that when he was first asked by Jack Sweeney, of ISMD's press relations operation, i f he wauld like to write the article, he felt it would take too much time from his work or too many hours of work at home. "But Jack and his colleagues in the GE News Bureau gave me a lot d assistance in editing the article, preparing its many illustrations, and obtaining the necessary legal ap- proval,"' explained Lee. He added that the total time he spent on this project

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was:less than 24 hours, over a six-week .period.

Paul Sage, ~ M D general manager, revitgwed an advance proof of Lee% ar- ticla. and con@a\ulated him on his achievement, we expressed the hope that other paepk in the Division wo@d follow Lee's example and dev~lop articles that w w l d be ap- profiriwte for na t iona l t rade publications.

According to Jack Sweeney, most major publications are anxious to receive informative articles on time- sharing and its many applications. He points out that often articles can ~esult from just cleaning up existing information, such as presentations to customers, or t o loca l trade assfxiation meetings. Jack su~eslts that if you have an idea for an article, give him a call to discuss what might be required to get the material ready for publication and the prospect of a magazine accepting i t . O.ften, preliminary acceptance of an article can be obtained from an &itM before it i s written. Lee's article in the November issue of Electronics World

ctronics World may prove to be very helpful with your present customers and pmpects.

Lee's association with GE time- sharing goes -back to his years at Dart- mouth College, where time-sharing is still an integral part of undergraduate and graduate courses. After receiving bachelor of arts and bachelor of engineering degrees at Dartmouth, Lee joined CE's time-sharing business in operatipns engineering. Before joining applications marketing, he: worked in sales programs.

Chris UtCicc~ . is employed by - IND as manager ' of customer bill-

ing i n Te;aneek. He prepares the

-monthend cen- tralized bi l l ing f o r a l l Mark II systems within IND. 1-

Chris, a native of P~tlsbu,,.., Penn- sylvania, graduated from Farleigh Dickinson University in 1%2. He has been a GE employee for five years.

When away from the facts and figures environ'ment of his job, he enjoys creative hobbies, such as making movies and paintilng. Commenting on his present assignment, Chris says, "I am very proud to be associated with the people in our Division, especially those of the popular Teaneck NCC." His long-range a m b i t i ~ ~ is to fill a position of greater responsibility, preferably at the level of a vice .prqsidgnt.

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HAS THERE BEEN ANY INFL .. .,. 1 IN PROFITS?

- . .. . Cost of living and Family Income W i n

Cast of Family Year Uving Income

1%5 ------ 94.5 $6,957 1966 ------ 97.2 $7,500 l%7 ------ 100.0 $7,974 1- ------ 104.2 @#a2 1969 ------ 109.8 $9,433

Cost of living based on Consumer Prim l n d w with new 1967 ban.

Cost of Living: Up 23 Family Income: Up 42

Consumer Goods, Weekly Earnings Consumer Average

Goods Weekly Year lnduc Earnings

1965 ------ 96.1 $ 95.06 1966 ------ 99.4 $ 98.82 1%7 ------ 100.0 $101.84 1%8 ------ 102.7 $107.73 1969 ------ 106.6 $114.61 1970 ------ 109.9 $120.16 1971 ------ 113.1 $127.57

Consumer goods index based on pro- ducen' prices. Earnings are by production workon and nan-supmnisory wployeos. June figures u s d for this year.

Consumer Goods: Up 18% Average Weekly Earnings: Up 34% - Is it unfair for wages to be frozen while profits are not? Some highly vocal groups have built pressures for some kind of a

control on profits as well as wages and prices. Some of these critics say the 90day freeze is a get-richquick scheme for business.

Some less vocal but well-informed groups point out the other side of the story. This includes Treasury Secretary Connally who has emphasized the belief that "controlling prices during the freeze period would take care of profits." And Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans who has said that profits have been at their lowest point in 25 years - only 4% of the national output.

In considering any curb on profits, it's helpful to look back a few years to the beginning of the current inflationary bulge. The tables on this page clearly show the inflationary spiral has a distinctly lopsided shape. Over several years, while other major economic factors have been zooming, profits of corporations, including those of General Electric, have been standing still or declining.

The major test of the size of profits is not how they stack up statis- tically against wages and prices, but how they are doing the required job of generating the economic growth and employment levels we seek. Except in unusual circumstances, when unemployment rates are "too high," profits are "too low."

So the problem is not to keep profits from going up. They. have been going down and only now show signs of turning up. There are not enough of them for the needed re-investment in business to build the jobs the nation needs. The challenge is to get profits high enough so that they can be invested in the economic growth we need to build the economy and reduce unemployment.

Therefore, for employees, profits are as important as pay. Profits are needed to keep any business up to date, expand it, keep its products competitive. This is one important way to protect and expand the number of jobs.

Gross National Product, Individual Wages, Corporate Profits (

Gmss Wage8 Nacional and Corporate

Year Product Salaries Profih

1965 $ 685 $359 $46.5 1966 $ 750 $394 $49.9 ' 1967 $ 794 $423 $46.6 1968 $ 864 $465 $47.8 1969 $ 929 $509 $44.5 1970 $ 974 $541 $41.2 1971 $1,041 $572 $44.6

All figures in billions. brporoh prdih are after taxes. This year's flguns onnu- alized from second qwrh..

Gross National Product: Up 52% Wages and Salaries: Up 60% All Corporate Profits: Down 4%

GE Sales and Net Earnings N d

Sales Earnings

1965 ------ $6,213 $355 1966 --- ---$7,177 $339 1967 ------$7,741 $361 1968 ------ $8,381 $357 1969 - --- --$8,448 $278

All figures are in millions.

In reading the table on Ceneral Electric sales and profits, it should be remembered that earnings in 1969 and 1970 were affected by the l h e e k national strike. As a resuit, GE profits now being reported appear much improved in 1971, as compared with 197% but c l w r study &tows them still below the profa rate of 1965.

The company's recent thirdquarter report shows that, for the fmt nine months of 1971, earnings were $317848,000 on sales of $6.6 billion. But that's only 4.76 of the sales dollar. In 1965 - by compari- son - prdfits wen up at 5.7% of sales as shown by @res in the first line of the table.

So what about the gnswer to the question: Why aia wages and pr im frozen while profits are not?

Check these charts on this page, They p r k n t a mi@@ g d reawn: mere has been no inflation in profits, and solving the problems of ' economic grew6 and unemployment depends a n heir abilfv to climb,


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Division Seeking Nominees for Phillippe Awards Complaint and Dispute Unit The Gerald L. Phillippe Awards General Electr~c Foundation trustees, Responsible for Resolving

for Distinguished Public Service are the secretary of the Foundation, the G U S ~ O ~ ~ ? ' iProblems presented to honor the memory of the Chairman of the Board of General One of the objectives of each late Mr. PhTllippe, former Chairman of Electric Company, the Vice President ~ i ~ i ~ i ~ ~ employee is to keep our the Board of General Electric, by en- of Corporate Public Relations, and the customers happy. *owever, in spite of couraging others to follow his example Vice President of Corporate Employee our best efforts, sometimes things go of leadership in public service. All GE Relations. awry and a customer may seek an ad- employees are eligible and awards may ' If you are aware of a co-worker's justment of his billing. when a be n~ade to individuals or to teams of public service, you may submit his customer is directed to individuals where tf3lmwork i s an name to your Department's relations headquarters, the and essential ingredient to results. The manager. In fact. if you are active in dispute unit in ISFOIs customer adjust- Awards are made for outstanding per- some area of public service you may ments operation must track the sonal leadership and accomplishment submit your record. problem through the field sales in the area of public service. This All department nominees should be mga,ization it is equitably public service must be voluntary and submitted no later than November 12. resolw-j* for the benefit of mankind and IND nominees should be sent to Jerry Reitz i s in charge of this mail evidence of efforts and results must be Howard Teaford, Medinet's to Bob tracking system and Carol Kamerick supported by testimony from public Denise, ISMD's to Tom St. Maxens, assists him in maintaining up-to-the- sources. and those from Finance go toecharlie information on the status of

To insure full consideration of Shepherd. Len Black will handle each and Carol spend Division nominees, each depart- nominees from the various Relations the,betrer of most days contacting ment selects an individual from all functions and john Neuenschwander marketing representatives, branch and nominees within the department. The will accept nominees from Division district managers, and secretaries in department nominees are then staff. ?he field offices in order to gather in- screened and a division nominee i s ~h~ November 12 deadline must be / ! 4dm selected and submitted to corporate met so that the final ~ i ~ i ~ i ~ ~ ' ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ - headquarters for the final company- can be selected and submitted to cor- wide competition. It i s possible for a porate headquarters before December department and a division to have 1. Additional information and more than one nominee. The winners nomination forms are available from are determined by an awards commit- your department's nomination corn- tee, consisting 05 the chairman of the mittee representative, given above.

Fw~y a d ewe Represent Diddon Leland Williams and John Stephenson ~EEE wpuw $&* emfwmg of the Triangle Universities Com-

putation Center. George feeney, acting division Cary discussed the National Crime

manage$, presented a paper entitled Information Center Network while "Information Networks Services - Williams and Stephenson discussed Trends and Implications" during a their three-university network. session on teleprocessing at IEEEfs "The session," said Dr. Castle, "was

b1 Fifth Annual Computer Society Con- well received and generated several :"I

ference which was held in Boston enthusiastic post-session discussion leiry Rei& observes Carol kmerick "@ate data recently. periods centered about each of the b r l i ~ foi'complaint file on DN-730.

Jim Castle, manager of IND session authors. Professional engineering, was chairman of the organization interest in teteprocessing teleprocessing session. This session networks has increased dramatically reviewed teleprocessing system design over the past two years and this con- advances currently occurring in ference reflected the increased There can be no economy , systems serving diverse user environ- awareness of the importance of com- where there i s no e ments in government, industry and munications to the future of com- education. Other speakers at the puting." session were John Cary of the FBI and Par t ic ipat ion o f D i v i s i on

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customer is justified i n - calling on headquarters far assistance in solving his pr&bgp. Q u ~ jqb i s j e be yy$? hts 'coUn of Im &sdrt*:dd&[email protected] - I . him,'" \w~@p ,:). 3 1 ~ f,::.:!f!:

General Electric's Suggestion Plan i s now in its 65th year and still going strong as evidenced recently when three Division employeeswere awacd, ed a total of $570. Helen Wood, , a secretary i n the Denver office, received two. awards; $55 'for he'^ suggestion which reduces the air postage charges for manuals ordered via ISMDfs on-line ordering system, and $15 for a suggestion which lowers the cost of envelopes. lames Mayette, a computer opegi-gqr in,,Bpok Park, received' 3.17~ fdr$% -sqgest ion for reswing wrviee f a e r fulloying an in- terruptlon on' the tj3g.-qsmputer. David Lloyd, a c~@pqt&-'q@ator in Temlesk, swest@# ix 66% &idhod for pt-tbcessing weekly billing predictor &d receive* $39,. .- ':,The SuggeRiori ~kf i , i s one of the 4West of the'marq ,b33efit plans i n ef- 6#% qt-GE,. Tfie &@*.established in 1* kfl?'(ormalized in 1922. sin& &at ti*<&' employees h a v ~ , beenL awarded mil l ions p f dollars' f&! suggestions adopted by the comp'any.

You, too, may receive extra cash if you have an idea which improves the operation of our business. If you have a suggestion of how to improve service to our customers, improve the quality of our 'product,, reduce our costs, or any other idea that will make our Division more efficient, write it down and submit it to the Suggestion

probably - - < have ideas of how to irn- Mssiction In yp&-&&&;Tf&. r l v vol~n~tary- and ~iiwm&c

down tlheir ideas m d submit them for eplaluatiort.,; - 1 3 : . ,.,

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*' 25 Year& . Norm Beal Bethesda

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7mankerrtent at these IEEE c~&emw. 4 q d ~ pwfwiolgl mchenye &f % ott9&yb'an uppaFtur31Jty fa &mg&LI #ie 'bkn* thfisf withjnbhe hdustry,;' i?ggl a rneeihs gf inf &kt? s t e " . d a d s set by the industry, all crucial t o 4he &p&raubn sf. our hSFi)nes :+a i 1 ,., -- --

Gwen Delacy i s a n a t i v e of Washington, D.C. and pres- e n t l y l ives i n Chevy Chase,

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John Sims, trainee in the marketing representative development program in Cleveland, has assumed the duties of marketing manager for the Glenville Junior Achievement Association. He will serve as advisor for this Cleveland inner city youth group in their en- deavor to establish and profitably ope ra te a business. J u n i o r Achievement companies are organized far high school students to provide orientation and practical experience in successfully operating profit-making enterprises.

Judy Jehn, CAS in the Central Region, accepted an invitation from her alma mater, University of Dayton, and served as a speaker and vocational counselor during "career day" at the University. The program was conduc- ted by the student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery.

present job, personnel accounting clerk, five months. On this assignment she processes employee insurance claims and employee courtesy discounts on company products. She also i s cashier for ISFO headquarters.

Gwen studied at St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana and received an Associate in Arts from Montgomery Junior College in 1969.

At some point in the future she hopes to go into nursing as a lifetime career.

"Double Deductible" Time Under GE Insurance Plan is Here

According to Paul Beaudry, benefits specialist for ISBD, one of the very nice features of GE's medical plan i s the one calling for a transition period for so-called "deductible" expenses. The GE lnsurance Plan calls for a $50 initial expense for Type "B" expenses to be paid in full by a covered employee or dependent lprior to being eligible for the 85% coverage of such expenses by the plan.

'lHowever," he said, "if any part or al.1 of this initial Type "B" expense (deductible) is incurred during the last three months of the year, then that portion wil l be used to reduce the initial amount for the following year." He went on to explain that, "this is sometimes called a 'double' deductible period. It insures that a plan par- ticipapt won't have to pay two 'deduc- t ib le~ ' in a short period if illness should run over into the following year."

INFORMATION SERVICES BUSINESS DIVISION

SPECIAL NEWS -SHARE SUPPLEMENT OCTOBER 29 . 1971

Facilities m The fo l lowing message has j u s t been rece ived by t h e

Div i s ion from Corporate Employee Communication:

"There was good news f o r many employees t h i s week as a r e s u l t o f t h e p e t i t i o n f i l e d l a s t month by General E l e c t r i c wi th t h e Of f i ce of Emergency Preparedness . The response i n a l e t t e r from t h e O.E.P. gave GE t h e green l i g h t t o put i n t o e f f e c t p rogress ion i n c r e a s e s , up t o and i n c l u d i n g job r a t e , which a r e c o n s i s t e n t wi th gu ide l ines r e c e n t l y i s s u e d by t h e Cost -o f -L iv ing Council .

"However, mer i t i n c r e a s e s , genera l i n c r e a s e s , c o s t - o f - l i v i n g adjustments and any o v e r a l l adjustments i n t h e pay s t r u c t u r e s o f any pay p l a n s a r e s t i l l f rozen .

"The p e t i t i o n , f i l e d on September 2 0 , r eques ted p e r - mission t o p u t i n t o e f f e c t t h e k inds of pay i n c r e a s e s t h a t General E l e c t r i c b e l i e v e d f e l l w i t h i n t h e i n t e n t of t h e wage f r e e z e , b u t f e l t a c l a r i f i c a t i o n r u l i n g was necessary . The p e t i t i o n covered t h e a spec t s o f t h e var ious pay p lans apply ing t o General E l e c t r i c ' s exempt, non-exempt s a l a r i e d and hour ly employees. "

Frank Gibbins, manager of s a l a r i e d r e l a t i o n s f o r o u r Div i s ion , s a i d t h a t he was p leased wi th t h e f avorab le r e - sponse from t h e O.E.P. "We have t r i e d t o be on t o p of a l l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s coming from t h e government and t o keep employees f u l l y informed of developments a f f e c t i n g them. We wanted t o be s u r e no General E l e c t r i c employee missed out on a scheduled pay i n c r e a s e i f it was w i t h i n government r u l i n g s f o r employees t o have it. The good news comes as a r e s u l t o f t h e c o - o p e r a t i v e e f f o r t s and work o f our compensation people and t h e company's Corporate Compensation components. "

A r t Cleary , manager o f personnel account ing , s a i d , ''We w i l l immediately s t a r t t h e work needed t o process those pro- . g r e s s i o n pay i n c r e a s e s which have been delayed by t h e wage f r e e z e . The i n c r e a s e s w i l l be r e t r o a c t i v e t o t h e i r o r i g i n a l l y scheduled da te . " He added t h a t , "Managers a r e t o process F-2 forms +(Change of S t a t u s ) f o r e l i g i b l e employees i n o r d e r f o r p a y r o l l t o accomplish t h e s e changes. "

Vol. . No. 29 Bethesda, M~F- rd November 5, .--'I

2-&y-&@ GE Petition Gets Green Light BUS iness Systems Sem~nar NO. 1 ,, progression increases

Presented Throughout Division Responding to a petition filed by General Electric on Se~tember 20, the

Allen Nyss, manager of ISMD training, Paul Lebowitz, specialist sales training, and Ike Smith, training coor- dinator, are currently presenting the Division's new Business Systems Seminar No. 1 to large employee audiences around the country. The objectives of this seminar are to provide an appreciation and basic understanding of how a business functions and to develop the fundamental tools necessary to analyze customer functions and systems.

The seminar was presented to Bethesda employees on October 7 through October 9. The three-day program includes the functions of a business with emphasis placed on the participants learning how to make a background and functional analysis of the customer's business. The second part of the program explains what hap- pens when an order is received as a p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e background and functional analysis. At this point bhe participants become involved in understanding how the system cou ld be implemented manually or on an in-house computer. The final portion of the seminar in-

Ike Smfth, Ed Gorsuch, ANen Nus, and Paul Lebowitz (b to r.) appear pleased with presentation during Business Systems Seminar No. 1 in Cleveland.

volves a discussion of the general tools and support capabilities of our Division available to help solve the customer's business problems. Topics covered include the ROP program, survey forms, special applications support, current and proposed system features and capabilities, and the development o f a sales order processing service.

Ed Corsuch, specialist, market development in the Central Region,

Brute Barnard, Ken Laven, lim Carro, Paul Lebowitz (standing), Ed Wingert, Bob Manning, Bill Crim- shaw (A&SP), Dave Hudson, Bob Fohl, and Mac McCieary all register interest in Eastern Region seminar.

Office of Emergency heparedness has authorized the company to put into effect progression increases, up to and including job rates, which are con- sistent with guidelines recently issued by the Cost-of-Living Council. GEfs petition covered the aspects of the various pay plans applying to the company's exempt, non-exempt salaried and hourly employees.

However, merit increases, general increases, cost-of-living adjustments and any overall adjustments in the pay structures of any pay plans are still frozen.

Personnel Accounting has started the work requi red t o process pclagression pay ipcreases delayed by the wage freeze. Thkse increases will be retroactive to their originally scheduled date.

You Can Help Avoid Wrong Numbers .

The Division's telephone directory is one of the most helpful publications that we use each day. However, too often the directory has incorrect telephone extensions and Dial Comm numbers because the facilities and services operation does not receive changes.

Please use the form provided in the directory to initiate changes, additions, or deletions. When filling in the form, be sure to spell out first names and include middle initials. Female employees should be identified as Miss or Mrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . .:. 8. .... :.;.. .. . . . . . . . . ->

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staff in module of a long training paces$ to ethesda bring about a more saphistisated Cen-nil1 marketing ;appro,. This eq&rtise b. @his muf be &weloped by ow-field sales w- 2wm.w - ke on Oc- i o r ~ i n q ~ t d s u c c e ~ f ~ l y s e H Net-

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tober 27-28-29, Allen, Paul, and lke are now in Los Angeles where Western Region employees will attend the q i n a r I O F ~ .~hov&mbet: :I ' through N ovem bet: 3. . .

This ~ih'ar..doe;s'nst5ntroCYuce a new pr~duc t hu t presents. the. first

work- 9a$ our -data mafiag9rnent capabilities. The information presented i,n this seminar i s meaningful fol:illl Wv&ipm &&p#d$&e% as if provides examples of experiences faced by OUF

sales force. With this knowledge s f sales situations, each Division employee is better jxepar~d to understand his tole in supporting our salesmen and gains a broader understanding of our business.

Commenting on GE's role in the;-- community, Herbert L. Gqymcrtr, &pqy dtrecar of 0.2. C. said,"OKis

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rniwsgw of hd A/& bmmh, and He*t Gaymsn, deputy director of 0. I. C. {i&mdiqg+ kk to nght).

. deeply appreciative for the oppor- I tunity to experiment with the General - Electric computer terminal and time-

sharing service. Through such ex- perimentation we have learned that Computer Assisted lnstruaion in cum- rnuni~ational and cornpulational skills provides a more interesting end meaningful learning experience for Zhe adult student." - -

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Sponsors Training i s a customer service clerk for 0. 1. C. St~drntsl- in Teeneck. She handJes phane

pan lwgew8~1, manager af thfia Palo calls from cus- Alto branch office, in cooperation with &be=-lo Park Qpportunitks In-

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NE W S - S H A R ~ Services

Vd. V, No. 30 Bethesda, Maryland November 12, 1971 I bvur~u Leaoer

In Time-Sharing Service

Programming Services Operation Stephenson from Triangle

Transferred to Technical & Universities Computation Center

Operations Services Department Effective November 1, the Program-

ming Services Operation was transferred to GE1s Technical & Operations Services Department, headquartered in Irvine, California. With the con- currence of the General Manager of lnformation Services Marketing Depar- tment and Technical & Operations Services Department's General Manager, all contracts and responsibilities as well as the personnel of Program rn ing Services Operation were included in this transfer. This move should benefit the customers served in

this segment of the industry and the ,affected employees as it aligns and -strengthens General Electric's activities in contract programming for government and commercial customers.

The Technical & Operations Services Department (TOSD) i s already engaged in several contracts with government agencies for programming services. The .Department also has in place a . marketing and sales organization dedicated to the pursuit of federal government business. -

John W. Stephenson, associate director and systems manager of the Triangle Universities Computation Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, spoke at the October IND Technical Seminar in Bethesda on October 21. He described "Remote Processors and the Inter-Computer Communication Network at Triangle Universities Computation Center".

This Computation Center serves Duke, North Carolina, and North Carolina State universities with a network of inter-connected computers and terminals.

. The next in this series of seminars will be held on November 17.

Montgomery Takes GE Network Story to European conference -i)p. ~ a ~ , m w y ) r m a b w of data

s s t m s b~fiy9rvar;e. in the. hfarmatiars ~ t w a d c s -aepqrQne.nt, at$~4nd;ed t k Ie i tu te of. '~lec;8ricral and Ei~oonie!~ Engineers' European Conference wtfiich was hejd in Lausnne, Swit- r&,hmd OctkMr 18 through Oc tohr Z': Dan was our Divkion's represea- t&we te '%lip imc1;srratimd meeting .;Qf scientists, engineers, managers, educators, and students, all concerned with upto-date infmmation on' the latest developments in the techndsgy of our bwsiness.

Participant8 in this conference were provided an opportunity to 8hare work experiences, confr~nt heir con- cepts and comments with other ex- perts in the industry, a d promote their technolagies as o col~tribution to the growth ,and well-being of the entire industry.

Don's presentation to the conference was his unpublishbd paper en- tided "Computer Resource Sharing Through Communications Network Technology," The paper traced- the history of digital computer usage from its origin in 19% as a local batch processor to the present day information network. Explaining the evolution of kcal batch systems it'tto multiprogrammed mtAtiprocessors systems, he elaborated on the sophistication a f the teqbnolagy which. has produced h e curretit method of distrtb~&hg~ o r shaMg thtfje' processing power centrqlized 6 the ---.-,. .

manager of IND M&% I. computing re3ource. H& emphasized fneinePrins. inwdUCer our GE*Net computer service by JND Technics, seminar. outlining its basic technology and its - - many c&tabilities.

Commenting on the conference, ~oh'said, "Great interest was show in GLY Net ' and its international im- plkatiorrs. Mark JI users from a num- Every man carries with him the ber of European countries expressed world in which he must live. enthuslksm br the network service they were receiving."

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welcome additions in the medical insurance field has been the coverage of certain dental expenses. General Elec- tric began its inclusion of some dental expenses by covering the removal of impacted teeth, removal of a tooth root without extraction of the entire tooth, and other cutting procedurres on the gums and tissues of the mouth when not performed in connection with repair or replacement of teeth.

Prior to the inclusion of these expenses, the only coverage available involved correction of damage caused by accidental injury while insured. This latter i s still available and can be extremely helpful in those accident

an Reviewed situations (such as running into a swing support on a playground) where i t i s needed. This would cover replacement teeth as well as removal of chipped or broken teeth.

Effective January 1, 1971, dental coverage for General Electric employees was broadened to incorporate all extractions, inc lud ing local anesthesia. Also included are several procedures involving root work, such as: alveolectomies, pulp capping, vital pulpotomy and root canal filling (including anterior tooth, root canal filling with root canal amalgam).

Since questions do arise concerning dental coverage under General Elec- tric's lnsurance Plan, the specific section of the General Electric lnsurance Plan booklet dealing with dental coverage (page 21) should be con- sulted whenever such expenses are imminent. In fact, it i s usually helpful if you take the lnsurance booklet along and let the dentist examine it.

Dental expenses which are covered under the lnsurance Plan come under type A-2, which you will recall covers 100% of the first $500 of expenses for any one covered individual during a calendar year, and 85% of any additional expenses.

Specific questions relating to such coverage can be referred to Gwen DeLacy in Personnel Accounting (8* 273-4220). Gwen processes all insurance claims for Information Ser- vices Business Division employees.

Prohibition on Increased Vacations Rescinded

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The Cost of Living Council announced it has modified the previous policy on vacations. Under the new ruling, employees may use increases in the amount of paid vacation granted them because they have completed a specified length of employment. Em- ployees now eligible for their initial vacation also may take such vacation with pay. Further details will be published when available.

Down in f ulsa, Oklahoma Row- ena Hall i s kept busy as secre- ta ry f o r t h a t branch office. She has been a GE employee for 2 - 112 years. In addit ion t o her daily secretarial duties, Rowena VIIcIJ aJ>IJtaIILT;

to customers who encounter programming problems and serves as troubleshooter when there are com- mun ica t ions prob lems o n the multiplexers.

Her hobbies are water skiing and sewing. She finds sewing not only en- joyable but practical because she makes all of her clothes.

GE to Sponsor "Rudolph" Once More

This year the General Electric Fan- tasy Hour will again bring television viewers the popular Christmas special "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." It will be televised at 7:30 p.m. EST on December 6, 1971 on the NBC television network.

Sponsored by General Electric's Housewares Business Division, the program has been among the highest rated specials of the Christmas season in past years. The program i s an animated cartoon feature, with Burl lves as narrator.

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Service Vol. V, No. 31 Bethesda, Maryland November 19, 1971

Riger and five camera crews made C-0 -L Cou nci I 0 kays Certain numerous trips to the picturesque and

Salary Actions, All Vacations The latest rulings by the govern-

ment's Cost-of-Living Council allow Gerjerat I lea t ie 'to pr&&d kith i ts normal pay s~hiedules f ~ r empl~yees affected by . progression ' raizs, 7971 cost-of - l iv ing adjusthents, paid vacations and performance increases.

Progression increases can now be imp lemen ted at t h e regu lar ly scheduled dates for -eligible employees. These incream, which were initially banned +t'ing the wage-price freeze period, willF be paid ret~oac- tively to. the- ~arigiindty s&&uled dates.

performam& i n c ~ a s e s must . be made in acesrdante wfg& the Division's normal g,Jid&@ps. Wese increases, up to jobxate, are akilabls to niah-exempt employees who are qkove E ~ F Division's - progression schedule (Grades -YO, . I I and 12). Managers initiating such increases should carefully review the Non- Exempt Salary Management Plan.

The Company's 1971 cost-of-living ladjustment, which is based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Cbst-of- Living Index, wil l also be allowed for non-exempt employees. This adjust- ment, up to a maximum of eight cents per hour or the salaried equivalent, will be established after the Company receives the official October figure which will be published in the B.L.S. Cost-of-Living Index. It i s ahticir~ated

Company are digibie for three weeks paid ~x&tiot%, thaw with '1 5 yew$' wr- vice are grants& fwr weeks mrstian, Employees who have 30 or mure y m s of continuous service rqceiye 5 wee& vacaon.

Any employee who is eligible for an initial vacat i~n or an increase i n the amount o f vacation shoutd coordinate the dates of this vacation with his manager. There are some instances where employees chose to take their vacations during the freeze period and were unable to receive vacation pay. Art Cleary, manager. of personnel accounting, states that these employees will now be paid for this vacation time. A record has been maintained, by Personnel Accounting, of vacation days used by eligible employees but for which no payment was made. In these cases, no further action i s required by the employees as this v a c a t i o n pay w i l l b e made automatically. Employees now wishing to use their vacation may elect to request payment in advance. At least two weeks advance notice i s required by Personnel Accounting in order for employees to receive advance vacation pay on their last day at wsrk before departing for vacation.

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that this fig&-@ wil l be availabie by November 20, and the effective date would be November 14, 7971.

Employees el igible for in i t ia l vacations or increases in the amount of vacation, can now take such vacation and receive payment, in ac- cordance w i t h the company's vacation policy. Employees with one year of continuous service qualif'y fof two weeks paid vacation. Employees celebrating 10 years of service with the

GE TV Special Shsdulsd lar November 26 on ABC-TV

Entertainment and total honesty were the two major goals producer Robert Riger tried to achieve when he set out earlier this year to produce, write and direct for the GE Monogram Series a TV special about eagCes and hawks, both of whom have been classified as threatened species.

rumed Snake River G Y o n in ldaho to achieve these goals, and the result i s "Eagle and the Hawk," a General Elec- tric sponsored special on ABC-TV Friday, ~overnber- 26, 10 to 11 p.m., NYT.

Mary Records i s secretary for ISMD's marketing manager. A GE employee f o r t w o years, she was promoted to her present position on November 1. Mary had beer secretary for the manager ot headquarters sales.

She is a native of Maryland and . completed a secretarial course at Gardner School of Business. She i s married and enjoys reading in her leisure time. She says, "I read just about everything." Mary i s also an avid fan of €he Washington Redskins foot- ball team. The Redskins' 6-2-1 record thus far this season creates much ex- citement, satisfaction and great anxiety.

Mary enjoys working in marketing as a great deal of coordination with the field i s involved and her duties are

-..- NOVEMBER SERVICE AWARDS

bb;cYh has heen Wid Mnl written John Gillc,,~ -,.hesda OM^ r;)re- ?ale 's!t &R wmputer in 'WS Wciety. %me wl?e.@F-k;s tend to strike fear as implications o f invasion Warren Rose uethesaa of privacy and other dehumanizing Jack Signora Bethesda aspects ~f possible coyputer uype a~g~~&,@~&izd& ' I" 1 r , 8 '1 ,

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ri18'dik'to~l&&, br., jilh'ii G ' k e q q ~ y (Dir~rf~buth'b. P'ksidti~t) ' qitkd cpmy pd tk (isage as 'it meanLs,of hdhievink: a cher&&' in ' the 'chaia€ter 'df &h+ican cities: &lth"in 20 ydars i'f the cornpijter is harnessed to its potential.

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national computer network linking the I 0 hrgest cities of the United Rates to

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Conference is International Success Florida Sales Office

Reflecting international participation in the Worldwide Time-Sharing Management Conference, Rafael Gomez of Mexico, Gerardo DiBella of Argentina, George Feeney and h u l Sage from U.S.A., and Tony Kench of London paused a moment for our photographer in London.

Our Division recently sponsored the fourth annual Worldwide Time- Sharing Management Conference in London, England. The 61 attendees, all managers in time-sharing operations, were delegates of our licensees and distributors operating in 14 countries. In addition to the United States, the countries represented were Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and West Germany.

The two and one-half day conference dealt with common problems and experiences encountered by time- sharing managers. Advances in time- sharing technology, marketing opportunities, and targeted areas for time-

sharing applications were the main topics of discussion.

With the expansion of Mark II service to seven countries, the conference placed a new emphasis on the need for international cooperation and upon the opportunities for international network aplications.

Peter A. Koclsch has recently been appointed Civil Defense Director of Woodside, California. Pete i s a marketing representative in the Palo Alto office and has been employed by General Electric for five years.

to tak;! advantage of special "Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom Club" cards which are available from his office.

The Magic Kingdom Club cards are free - there are no membership fees or dues - and provide special values at Disneyland in California and Disney World in Florida. These cards provide significant dollar savings when used for lodging and activities at both Disney locations.

Any Division employee planning a visit t o Disneyland in Anaheim, California or Disney World in Florida can obtain a membership card by completing the application and mailing it to: Information Services Marketing Dept. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 5950 Washington Street, Suite 203 Hollywood, FMda 33023 ~...-"~""""'--I.'..II.II.-I.I.-II.-.

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Teaneck NCC and i s responsible for the environmental conditions of the facility, utilities, housekeeping, etc., basically to make sure the systems do not go down due to facility conditions.

He keeps busy in his community by active participation in local and county politics. Jim also is a past com- mander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2342.

His hobbies include hunting, fishing, and scuba diving. Jim i s very interested in the U.S. Space Program and attended the launchings of Apollo 14 and 15. Jim and his wife have three children and one grandchild.

Jim Kearney i s a f ac i l i t i es technician i n Teaneck where he joined Gen- eral E lec t r i c one year ago. A native New Yorker, he pre- sently resides in Edgewater, New Jersey.

He is the safety officer at the

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No. 33 Bethesda, Maryland December 3, 1971

Newsletter Especially Company Forms for GE Retired Employees

Public Affairs Council On November 2, 1971 the Maryland

General Electric Public Affairs Council was officially organized. This Council i s composed o f representative management from each General Elec- tric location in the state of Maryland and includes representatives of Cor- porate Public Affairs. GE has Public Af- fairs Councils in other states in which the company maintains facilities.

Some objectives of the Maryland General Electric Public Affairs Council are: to make local GE management aware of problems affecting their operations and/or the total General

dent of Regional Relations, Atlantic Region, acted as temporary chairman for the Council's meeting. Other company representatives attending the meeting were Dave Dillon of Ap- pliance Park-East i n Columbia, Maryland, Jim Harmon, Appliance Park-East, Bill Hart, Corporate Public Relations, Bob Hess, Regional Relations, Philadelphia, Frank Judkins, .

lnsulator Products Department, Gor- don MacDonald, Insulator Products Department, and Jim Notari from the Kitchen Appliance Products Division in Columbia, Maryland.

Electric Company which arise from legislation and government activity in this state, to supply local management with information on proposed or pending state legislation which would affect CE businesses and employees, and to inform local GE management of the problems, trends and programs of the state (as reflected in actions or inactions of the State Administration and the State Legislature) in order to stimulate study, planning and action on these issues for the benefit of the state and of the various General Elec- tric businesses. The Council will also act to encourage management of local operations to take part in local civic affairs and political activities and to communicate with GE employees, government officials and agencies, and the general public on matters of mutual importance to the company, its employees and other residents of the state.

Frank Cibbins represented our Division at the N o v e m b e r 2 meeting which was held at the Insulator Prod- ucts Department in Baltimore. Don Scarif, Vice Presi-

One of the first actions of the Coun- cil was the election of Dave Dillon as Chairman and Frank Gibbins as Secretary.

The Council also ac ted t o i n v i t e Gene Baker to serve as a member and legal ad- v isor t o t h e Council.

Fo rm ing a I Policy Commit- tee i s one o f ~cor,-.:eer~ey the important tasks before the Council and George Feeney has been invited to serve as a member of this commit- tee. invitations were also extended to D.W. Lynch, Vice President and General Manager of Kitchen Appliance Products Division, C.J. Meloun, Vice President and General Manager of Transfo-rmer and Distribution Equip- ment Division, and D.D. Scarff, Regional Vice President-Atlantic Region, to serve on the Policy Com- mittee.

As the Maryland General Electric Public Affairs Council swings into active pursuit of its mission, NEWS- SHARE will publish articles dealing with their activities which will be of interest to all Division employees.

Makes Debut

General Electric is often acclaimed as a company that regularly com- municates with its employees regard- ing matters of interest in the business world as well as current social issues. As of December, the company goes one sjep further in its far-ranging communication program. Corporate Em- ployee Relations will publish a mon- thly newsletter, "News Notes for Pen- sioners" especially for over 40,000 retired General Electric employees.

The newsletter wil l be mailed to pensioners with their pension checks and wil l be a vehicle for keeping them up to date on what is happening in the company, how the company i s changing in our changing world, how GE is meeting its competiion, and other events of significance to retired GE-ers.

Although retirement is a long way off for most of us, it i s interesting to know that the company is making this special effort to keep retired personnel tuned in on GE's present day activities.

GE's Weekly Sickr lnsurance Can

When ybu think of the General Elec- tric lnsurance Plan, what do you immediately think of? The medical plan? Probably so - but there is much more to it than that.

Under the Plan, you, as a GE employee, also get Life Insurance, Ac- cidental Death or Dismemberment In- surance, and Weekly Sickness & Ac- cident Insurance. This article covers the highlights of the Weekly Sickness & Accident Insurance.

What Y@M Get Under the PI*& If you, an employee, become totally

disabled as a result of a non- occupational sickness or accident, you will be paid weekly an amount equal to sixty percent (60% ) of your normal straight-time earnings up to a maximum weekly benefit of $150.

What Does It Cmt You? Nothing. As a GE employee, you're

automatically covered at no cost for this and all the various forms of insurance under the GE Inwrance Plan.

Whefi Do Benefit& Start? Benefits start on the eighth day of

total disability or with the first day of hospital confinement as a bed patient, if earlier, and will continue during such disability up to a maximum of 26 week.

Recuntng Peribds of DImMCIty - Different Gauses

There i s no maximum number of times in a year, or during your employment, that you can be disabled and collect for 26 weeks for each total disability as longas the cause of each disability i s not the same nor related.

Recurrent Periudr cd DislBitity. - Sune €ruses

Recurrent periods' OF disability due to the same or related cause or causes will be treated as separate periods of disability - only if the employee returns to work for a period of 90 days between periods of disability.

In such a case the employee would again be entitled to receive the full maxi mum period (26 weeks)of disability benefits allowable under the Plan (after t h e e igh t -day w a i t i n g periodlhospital confinement).

Recurrent periods of disability due to the same or related cause or causes between which the employee does not return to work for a period of 90 days wil l be treated as one period of

less Accident ' Lifesaver"

disability. The employee wil l be eligible for benefits for the balance of the maximum period (what's left of the 26 weeks) allowable under the Plan for subsequent periods without the waiting period of eight days or hospital confinement.

Exam le - Recwrmt ~b.bi!ty, SW GWK

As an example, let's say you are totally disabled due to a non- occupational back injury for 10 weeks and collect benefits for these 10 weeks. Then you return to work. If you are totally disabled again, for the same or related back problem, you'll collect benefits for: (1) another 26 weeks if you were on the job for 90 days between disabilities, or (2) another 16 weeks if you were on the job for less than 90 days.

Occupational Disability If you are totally disabled and en-

titled to Workmen's Compensation benefits for time lost from work and the amount of Workmen's Compen- sation weekly benefit i s less than what GE Weekly Sickness & Accident benefits pay for non-occupational disability, then the GE lnsurance Plan will pay you the difference between the two (under the same terms and conditions as described in this article for non-occupational disability).

Salary Continuance Benefits of $15 a week will be

payable to salaried employees during any period of salary continuance, commencing with the eighth day of total disability (or the first day of hospital confinement, if earlier) and ending with the day upon which you shall have received, during the preceding 12 months' period, twenty days of salary continuance for personal illness or ending when such salary continuance shall earlier cease.

Thereafter, if a salaried employee is still disabled, the regular benefits described wil l become payable and will be paid during the remainder of the employee's total disability, but for not more than an additional period of 26 weeks.

Must Be Under Care of Phyridan Of course, for an employee to

collect benefits under the Weekly Sickness & Accident Insurance, you must be under the care of a physician for the treatment of your disability, and your Weekly Sickness & Accident claim must be filled out and certified by a physician.

wich i s re ta ry i relations facilities ation in da. She native of Her- k imer , N e w York and pres- ently makes her home in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Traveling i s her hobby and since being employed by the company Judy has become known as a peripatetic secretary, having worked at GE locations in Utica, New York, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Los Angeles, California before coming to Bethesda. Working at these different company components has been her way of gaining experience in GE's various businesses and seeing the country at the same time.

Judy performs secretarial duties for Frank Gibbins, Bil l Perry and Paul Beaudry. In addition to using her stenographic skills, Judy i s responsible for distribution of benefits booklets, employee relations forms, organization announcements, and maintaining ac- curate records for our Division's service awards.

Doa Shdl Article Publithd in ACM's Nwslnber Magazine

Don Shell, manager o f the Division's information services technical planning opera- t i on , i s t h e a u t h o r o f an article featured in the Novem- ber 1971 ed i - tion of Communications of the ACM, a m o n t h l y p u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e Association for Computing Machinery.

Dr. Shell's article, entitled "Op- timizing the Polyphase Sort" presents an analysis of the wel l-known polyphase sort procedure which is widely used i n generalized sort programs provided to users by many computer manufacturers. The seven- page article examines various disper- sion algorithms for the polyphase sor- ting procedure with straightforward logic.

This article, with illustrated examples, contains infa~mation which will be of interest to technically-oriented personnel in our business.

World Leader In Time-Sharing

Service Vol. V, No 34 Bethesdrr, Maryland December 9, 1971

Division Reaches Milestone in G rowt h; Marketing & Networks Departments Ma Realignments to Insure Continued Success-

George Feeney has good news for our Division and the entire General Electric Company. On December 3, he announced that Division revenue had reached the level previously targeted as a measurement of our success in the marketplace and as an indicator of potential growth.

Dr. Feeney said, "Last month, far the first time in the history o f the Division, our total operations generated a significant net profit. We can all be proud of this achievement."

While noting this major achievement, Dr. Feeney reported that Paul Sage and Ray Marshall have realigned the various components within their departments to meet our new challenges and to aggressively pursue the maximum potential of our service offerings.

Ray Marshall, acting general manager of the In- format ion Networks Department states, "The department mission i s unchanged. However, in- ternal realignments have been made t o increase the emphasis on service quality, ro further con- solidate network deployment related activities, and to organize for the 1972 thrust into facilities management.

"Department network quality activities have been consolidated into a new function, Quality Assurance, with Don Shell appointed manager. A second new function, Network Planning, under Howard Teaford, encompasses the f ie ld deployment of systems anid com 'm~~ ica t i ons as well as Division responsibility f@r :putchasing and facilities. A th i rd new function, Facilities Management Programs, under jerry Butler, wi l l provide the cross-functional management of

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!'The operation of the worldwide network remains under Warner Sin back, manager of Net- work Operations. Product technology continues to be directed by Engineering, with Bob ~ e n c h as acting manager, and by Applications Develop- ment under Gqry Mueller. Effective with these changes, Ziggy Quastler wi l l become Manager of the Division's European Operation with offices in London, England."

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Service I Vol. V, No. 36 Bethesda, Maryland Decmmber 22, 1971

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Feeney Appointed Division General Manager Last Chance to Change Investments Under S&SP for

Clem Sutton, Vice President and Group Executive of the Industrial Group, in a letter to all employees.of the lnformation Services Business Division, announced that George Feeney had been named General Manager of the Division, effective December I . Dr. keney, formerly general manager of the Information Networks Department, had been acting Division Manager since August.

Dr . Feeney f i rs t j o i n e d General Electric i n 1958 as manager of marketing systems research at Cor- porate Headquar- ters. His background includes twenty years of experience with computers and management information systems. From 1961 to 1964, he held

the positions of visiting professor in Economics at Yale University, director of management sciences program at New York University and senior mathematician with the Rand Cor- poration.

In 1964, Dr. Feeney returned to General Electric as manager of the Corporate Strategy Operation. While in this operation, he developed a computer based on-line management information system for corporate office analysis of economic developments and their effects on the company. On January 1, 1969, Dr. Feeney became General Manager of the Information Networks Department.

He earned his undergraduate (Physical Sciences) and Masters (Business Administration) degrees at Harvard University and a Doctorate (Industrial Engineering) at Columbia University.

1972; Forms Available Under the Savings and Security

Program, a participant can make changes in the allacation of his savings to S S P ' S various options only once each year, Art Cleary, manager of personnel accounting reminded employees this week.

"A change will take effect only at the first payroll disbursement of the calendar year fo l lowing the wri t ten notification of the desired change," Mr. Cleary stated. "As a result, a change made after January I, 1972 will not take effect until the beginning of 1973. I f a participant wants to change his investments for 1972, a written request must reach Personnel Accoun- ting before December 31, 1971."

Forms and instructions for making investment changes are available at personnel accounting in Bethesda (8*273-4417).

And your holiday season filled with lasting happiness, now and through the

Central Zone Changes Address

Mail for the lnformation Ser- vices Marketing Department's East Central Zone office should now be sent to:

5755 Granger Road Cleveland, Ohio 441 31 or mail pouch N

lt is well to think w&I; it is ddwicue te act &ell. '

-Horace Mann

Here's How Our Sales Dollar Pie Was Shared As We Entered Final Quarter

Can We Improve the Slice How wllf+ur sales dollar Die be sliced at the end

a& 1071 ~~qwfu ! l kw4 Y dfiP'slice marked "Employees" &? Will' 'the b~&e.'..~??ked "Profit" be large

i. - &t~@k&bet@ ~f @~a~c.&cur i ty into QE jobs of the future?

The chmT18bove rhoWs~how the pie was divided as the threeqU~1TtBr mark far 1971 was reached.

F o r t h first nine-months of 1971 GE was making a profit of just 4.7 ioents on each sales dollar. Thjs means OUR paafit wte was running at a little mare than Q1/2r%. 4s rwn t t y as 1965 our profit rate at year end was .over 24% higher - 5.7 cents. It will be recalled that in that period the company was able to reinvest significantly in new equipment. Businesses grew and jobs expanded.

Since then, the thin slice of profit has trended downward to the atrikmtfected 1B9 low point of 3.3%. Fortunately, as tjur nine-months "pie" shows, the pr~fit~rale !us b u n l&o row back.

Across tbq COU~I~KY t9td;prdits of all companies have been going downhill for mveral years. In 1W5, all corporatione together madB total profits of $46- 112 billion and total pay and benefits of empkiyees of all companies was $394 blllion.

that Builds Future Jabs? By 1970 total profits of all corporation$ had drop-

ped to just owr !MI billion - an 11% drop - but total rmplayw pay and benefits had elEmhd to W2 billion - e jump of about 509;. Many intormed sconomists point to the declining total profits as fact0.r in the lack of incantive and inability of many companies to reinvea in the mdemitation that keeps busi nem competitive and supports Amsricun robs. This inability contributes to ummplopnt.

So - for employees - profits am as important a& pay. Profits are needed to kagp a business up to date, expand it, keep i t competitive, k w p it abls to build jobs and pay good wages.

When the slice of profit gets too thin, the money for reinvestment in tho buoinesm is no longer so available. Our competitive ability declines and so does our job security.

Fortunately, for GE employees, th. "profit slice" in wr "sales dollar pie" has begun to grow toward a more acceptable sire. Our chalbnge is to keep our costs in line and maintain and improve our profitsas we head toward the end of the flar and into 1972. -

The little slice of profit has a big job to do for everyone.

V, No. 37 Bet heada, Maryland December

Bethesda Meeting Reviews '71 Accomplishments, Trend Of off-Job Employee kcidenbl Deaths Lower this Year than in 1970;

Outlines '72 Goals Holiday Safe-Driving is Urged On Thursday, December 23, all

Bethesda employees attended a management meeting hosted by George Feeney, Division General Manager.

Dr. Feeney stated the three main reasons for the me t ing were (1) to review the accomplishments of the Division in t971, ( 2 ) to explain the organizational rearrangements, and (3) to announce the goals set for the

Folcroft Program. As of January 1, 1972, our Division will assume full responsibility for the Switchgear Equipment Division's Folcroft computer center and for their entire data processing operations.

He reminded us that the growth and success of this Division will be vitally important to the company's future position as a computer user.

Division for the coming year. PM Peltosalo. Vice President and I

Group ~xecut ive o f the Power Delivery Group, attended the meeting as our special guest even though his association with the Division ended in August when he was promoted to his present posit ion. Mr. Peltosalo congratulated Dr. Feeney on his recent appointment as Division General Manager and lauded the Division for the remarkable progress achieved during 1971. He was especially pleased that the Division had strengthened its position in the marketplace while operating the most reliable computer centers in the business. He also noted

the successful implementation of the Network in the European market, and the progress made in the area of equal employment opportunities within the Division. .

Mr. Peltosalo announced that his Group and our Division are now part- ners on a very significant project, the

"If the off-the-job accident trend of the first nine months continues, fewer GE employees wil l lose their lives in 1971 than last year," E. Sidney Willis, GE's manager of employee benefits, said this week. But Mr. Willis emphasized that "accidents off the job are s t i l l far too high, and no matter how well our company insurance plan covers accidental death i t can never replace the loss of a loved one."

A total of 104 employees have been reported killed in off-the-iob accidents

the coming year. Dr. Feeney returned to the podium

and listed the Division's major accomplishments in 1971. He stated that the major priority for each member of the Division wil l be to think and act as a single business as a foundation for at- taining our '72 goals. Noting that "profit" is certainly the name of the game, he then invited Paul Sage, Jim Castle, Ray Marshall, and Bob Hench to describe the strategies for their operations in the coming year.

At this point, Dr. Feeney explained that there had been "widespread agreement that further refinement was needed in the field sales organization in order to strengthen our mainline business and reduce the expense overhead." On this note, he in- troduced Paul Sage to clarify the newly-organized Sales Department.

Mr. Sage stated that the Sales Department was organized as the f ramework t o accompl ish ou r challenges in 1972. The one basic change has been the reduction of the

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d"ring the first nine moilths of 1971, and the company's lnsurance Plan has paid out a total of more than $2-112 million in benefits to beneficiaries of these GE-ers, Mr. Willis reported.

Last year -during 1970's first nine months - 112 lost their lives in off- the-job accidents, Mr. Willis said. The insurance plan paid out benefits totaling more than $3 million in those deaths.

With the year-end holidays ap- proaching, Mr. Willis urged employees and their families to set up personal safety rules and obey them. He emphasized the need for greater care in driving cars.

Under the GE lnsurance Plan, beneficiaries of employees receive three times the employee's normal straight-time annual earnings if the in- , sured loses his life in an accident.

Articles and photographs may be submitted to: Barbara B. Oliver Editor, CE News-Share 7735 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, Maryland 20014

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rk together more effec- rn into a single entity and departmental walls block

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tain or improve our market share, and co-worken, observe the happy occasion. (4) to assure attainment of the . , Divisibn1s~ profitability goals. ~ccounting office, she transferred to

The challenges se t ' for the lnfor- 3eekesda and worked in what at that matian Services Systems Department werd explained by Ray Marshall. He -stated that special emphasis wouM be placed on 'super reliability, expansion a of the European operation, capacity obi&" mamagement and fac i l i t ies management.

Mr. Marshall said, "The top priority project for the Systems Department in 1972 will be Folc~oft, our major thrust into remote computing, which we consider to be a superior alternative to inkhouse data processing." Me then reviewed the Folcroft Program plan which calls for the Swirchgear Equip- ment Division's data!processing to be pr-..'ded on a ret--'- %asis from the

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Fratantuono Cited for Thirty Years' Service

On December 17, Doris Fratan- tuono, an accounting clerk in Division Finance, 'marked the 30th anniversary of employment with General Electric. Thirty years seems a long time to most people, but it isn't really, according to Dta~is. She said "The years have j-ust flown by and it seems only a short time ago I joined the company."

Actually, it .was back in 1941 that an employee of General Electric Supply Company (GESCO); who was also a personal friend, insisted that Doris apply for a job with the Washington sales office. Since her friend was so sold on the company, Doris did apply and was hi~ed as a .reqwisition typist. She remained with GESCO in many. different jobs far a period, of 19 years. When GESCO closed the Washingtop

time was called the Washington Infor- - mation Processing Center.

In retros~ect. Doris said. "I never - - I- I -

had ariy reason to think' I would remain with the cdmrsany for 30 years. I have always thought CE was about the best company one could work for. I suppose I have been fortunate because I have always worked with

honor of presenting a service pin for 30 years' service and there is no doubt that it i s also a. :first1 for ,Doris." He congratulated Doris on this notewar-- thy achievement. I

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and tw accounting presented Daris with a gift frpm some of her many, friends and p*workers. . ,I:

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